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[moggy]

Hi all my drivers side washer jet,is not working.I tried to buy one from the last place i got one from f g Barnes Guildford,but they are out of stock.All the ones on the bay are secondhand,and i worry it might be just as bad.Can you buy new from somewhere else,or will i just have to take pot luck.Regards Dean.

[05omegav6]

Fit a later scuttle with the jets mounted on the scuttle rather than the bonnet. Job jobbed...

That said, what isn't working? The heated bit, the jet itself or are you using diluted screenwash and wondering why it has frozen in the bonnet...

[05omegav6]

Incidentally it would help to know what age your car is as Mfl have blanked holes in the scuttle for the jets...

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Surely sitting in a bath of vinegar or a solvent (pick something which won't damage the plastic, of course) overnight, then a blowthrough will sort it? They're not exactly complex things, it's a lump of plastic with one inlet and two outlets, poke some wire in there to free out the blockage.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vauxhall-Nozzle-Windscreen-Washer-90356178/dp/B00PQM65C4
'Plain' unheated

http://www.vauxhall-car-parts.co.uk/acatalog/Vauxhall-Heated-Windscreen-Washer-Jet---90566593.html
Heated version (though the old heating element can be removed from the duff jet and inserted in a new, 'plain' nozzle. Depends if the 15 mins this will take is worth the £20 price difference, or not)

[05omegav6]

Surely sitting in a bath of vinegar or a solvent (pick something which won't damage the plastic, of course) overnight, then a blowthrough will sort it? They're not exactly complex things, it's a lump of plastic with one inlet and two outlets, poke some wire in there to free out the blockage.

Pop a pin in each jet... repeat as required...

[moggy]

Fit a later scuttle with the jets mounted on the scuttle rather than the bonnet. Job jobbed...

That said, what isn't working? The heated bit, the jet itself or are you using diluted screenwash and wondering why it has frozen in the bonnet...

Hi mate,its not the heated bit.There is just no screen-wash coming out of the drivers side.Pass side is working good and i am using 50/50 screen wash mix.

[moggy]

Incidentally it would help to know what age your car is as Mfl have blanked holes in the scuttle for the jets...

Its a 1995 elite.

[moggy]

Surely sitting in a bath of vinegar or a solvent (pick something which won't damage the plastic, of course) overnight, then a blowthrough will sort it? They're not exactly complex things, it's a lump of plastic with one inlet and two outlets, poke some wire in there to free out the blockage.

Pop a pin in each jet... repeat as required...

Hi i tried this still no good.

[05omegav6]

Surely sitting in a bath of vinegar or a solvent (pick something which won't damage the plastic, of course) overnight, then a blowthrough will sort it? They're not exactly complex things, it's a lump of plastic with one inlet and two outlets, poke some wire in there to free out the blockage.

Pop a pin in each jet... repeat as required...

Hi i tried this still no good.

50/50 mix might still freeze in the pipe across the bonnet...

[Diamond Black Geezer]

So you've removed the jet, soaked it in some form of detergent/cleaner overnight, then poked it through with some wire, and it's still blocked?

Surely a breaker onhere must have an old PFL washerjet they can sell this poor chap?

[05omegav6]

Fit a later scuttle with the jets mounted on the scuttle rather than the bonnet. Job jobbed...

These jets are common to about 20 billion other Vauxhalls and are a common dimension to the current range and therefore readily available...

But you have yet to confirm whether the blockage is ice or not

Incidentally, the blockage is as likely to be at the passenger jet or in the joining pipe... so remove both jets, and the cross pipe, clean and refit then report back

[moggy]

Fit a later scuttle with the jets mounted on the scuttle rather than the bonnet. Job jobbed...

These jets are common to about 20 billion other Vauxhalls and are a common dimension to the current range and therefore readily available...

But you have yet to confirm whether the blockage is ice or not

Incidentally, the blockage is as likely to be at the passenger jet or in the joining pipe... so remove both jets, and the cross pipe, clean and refit then report back

Hi HKT ,first so i can use any jet from any vauxhall from a scrappy.The blockage is not ice as the passenger side one,which was a new one 2 years ago is working fine.I know someone will ask why did i buy only one,well at the time the drivers side was working fine to.I will do as you suggest over the weekend,thanks Dean.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

Just to clarify,
-if you want to replace like-for-like, then any mid 90s (or 80s) designed Vauxhall with bonnet mounted jets will do (though you'd lose the heated function, until such time as you fit the heater element/decide you don't care and can live without it etc)
-if you want to change your PFL to FL-style screen wash function, then it's any FL Omega, or indeed any with the scuttle-mounted jets (again, see above re: heater element) you'll need both jets and the altered pipework, too, of course.

Dependant on availability, affects which of the two above options you go with.

[moggy]

Just to clarify,
-if you want to replace like-for-like, then any mid 90s (or 80s) designed Vauxhall with bonnet mounted jets will do (though you'd lose the heated function, until such time as you fit the heater element/decide you don't care and can live without it etc)
-if you want to change your PFL to FL-style screen wash function, then it's any FL Omega, or indeed any with the scuttle-mounted jets (again, see above re: heater element) you'll need both jets and the altered pipework, too, of course.

Dependant on availability, affects which of the two above options you go with.

Hi BDG,i think the heated element is important in this weather we are having,so i will have to buy this.I don't really want to mess about with pipework.Thanks for the link and advice Dean.